Advance Praise for Widgets

Widgets is required reading for every leader and manager to shake off habits rooted in the past.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CURT COFFMAN COAUTHOR OF FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES

This book serves as a powerful countervailing force to the increasing momentum toward “widgetizing” everyone and everything in the supposed interest of productivity. Given the increasing proportion of leaders inclined toward robo-management, Widgets should be required reading for anyone even thinking about managing real people.

—ANNETTE TEMPLETON, FORMER GLOBAL CHIEF OF PRINCIPALS, GALLUP, INC.

Rodd is fascinated by people—what motivates them, how they think, how they learn, how they act. He’s also a great storyteller. He combines both ...

Get Widgets: The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees as if They're Real People now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.